Falling For My Best Friend's Brother(63)
“These are great.” I smiled at the lady.
“Thanks, I make them all be hand myself.” She smiled at me. “I use old sweaters and felt them.”
“Oh, cool.” I looked at them again and sighed. I knew I was too old to buy a teddy bear for myself, but I really wanted one.
“Looking for a gift?” she asked me, and I shook my head.
“No, I’m looking for myself.” I laughed and she grinned at me.
“Hey, what do we have here?” Aiden joined me and smiled at the lady. “Hello.”
“Hi.” She smiled and then looked at me. “Is this your husband?”
“Oh no.” I blushed. “He’s my …” My voice trailed off as I looked at Aiden. I felt slightly embarrassed to call him my boyfriend in front of him.
“I’m her boyfriend.” He grabbed my hand and squeezed it. “And she’s my insufferable girlfriend.”
“You got that right,” I joked and started to move away. “We should go.”
“No, not yet.” He shook his head. “I want to buy you one.”
“Oh no, Aiden,” I protested. “You don’t have to do that.”
“I want to.” He smiled at me and picked up a small red bear with a yellow face and big black nose. There was a plaid green heart covering the stomach of the bear with red stitching around it and it looked absolutely adorable. “I want to get you this one.” He handed it to me and then turned to the lady. “How much?”
“Twenty-eight dollars, please,” she said eagerly, and I smiled at her as I held the bear to me. Aiden paid and then we left the stall.
“Thank you,” I said quietly. “You didn’t have to buy me anything.”
“I wanted to,” he said softly and pulled me to the side. “That bear represents me, and that heart covering the front of its body represents my heart and the love I have for you.”
“Love?” I said, my eyes widening.
“Yes, love.” He nodded and his eyes burned into mine. “It’s always been you, Alice. I love you. And I want you to know that. My heart beats for you.”
“I love you too,” I said back. “Though my heart beats to keep my body running.”
“Oh, Alice.” He laughed and kissed me. “You do know that I didn’t bring you here because Liv couldn’t make your birthday, right? Liv couldn’t make your birthday because I told her she needed to go out of town because I wanted to bring you to this concert and spend the weekend with you.”
“Oh, Aiden, I had no clue. This is so romantic. Thank you.”
“It’s the least I could do.” He laughed. “I mean, you took me to a BDSM store just for fun. I needed to make sure your birthday was a blast.”
“Well, you have definitely done that.” I kissed him on the cheek. “It’s been perfect.”
“Well, the best is yet to come.” He grinned. “I have an amazing cake for you as well.”
“Oh?”
“Yes!” He grabbed my hand. “You can eat it when we get back to the hotel.”
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“Oh, what a perfect day,” I said as we walked back into our hotel room and I held my bear to my heart.
“It’s not done yet.” He smiled.
“Oh?”
“You still have your birthday cake and another surprise.”
“What surprise?” I asked excitedly.
“Go into the bathroom and come out in ten minutes.” He grinned. “Then you’ll see.”
“Ooh, okay.” I squealed and put my stuff down. “Ten minutes?”
“Yes, come out in ten minutes. And no peeking.”
“I won’t peek.” I laughed and hurried into the bathroom and waited. I wondered what my surprise was going to be. I was so excited I could barely stand it. I looked at my watch and groaned. Only one minute had passed. “Can I come out yet?” I shouted, but got no response. This was going to be the longest ten minutes in the history of time. I stared at my watch for what seemed like forever and then I opened the bathroom door slowly. “I’m coming out,” I said as I walked out. “Aiden?” I said as my eyes adjusted to the dark.
“Oops, hold on,” he said. “I forgot to light the candle.” He nodded towards the night table. “The lighter is up there. Can you light it for me, please?”
“Okay.” I stood there and walked over so that I could light the candle. “Oh.” I giggled as a warm light filled the room.” “Oh, Aiden,” I said as I walked over to the bed. Aiden was lying on his back, naked. There were strawberries on his chest, covered in whipped cream and chocolate. I looked down his body and gasped as I saw whipped cream covering his penis. “Aiden, what’s going on?” I laughed.